Donald Trump's candidacy has pushed aside any discussion of the 2008-2016 GOP Congress.

A multi-party government is not a magic bullet for American politics.

It's time to start seeing the estate tax for what it really is: an inheritance income tax credit.

Give me 20,000 of your emails, and I'll make you look like a monster.

Does Trump's plan to break up regional trade deals make any sense?

Why is the United States so slow to label an obvious coup attempt a "coup"?

The PayPal founders' campaign against Gawker is unseemly, but that doesn't mean we should make rules to stop it.

Why do so few office workers feel the urge to unionize?

How 2016’s most absurd candidate can find his way into the White House.

With complaints flying about some states' handling their elections, would it be legally possible for the federal government to administer the elections on its own?

Each candidate's Reddit page gives a surprisingly revealing look at what makes each campaign tick.

I don't think there's anything like the Protecting Lawful Commerce in Arms Act anywhere else in the U.S. Code.

Equating incorporation in Delaware to setting up a haven in Panama is absurd.

The RICO Act may have been written to catch mobsters, but it's devolved into meaninglessness in the civil courts. 

Everyone keeps saying it was "inappropriate" for the IRS to use group names to select 501(c)(3) & (4) applications for secondary screening.  I've never understood why.

Nearly every beat in his last feature segment appeared in a March 2012 episode of This American Life.

On March 22, the Kansas State Senate passed Senate Bill 439, which effectively expands the scope of impeachment in such a way that the legislature could remove state supreme court justices merely because they disagree with these justices' decisions.  Can this law pass constitutional muster?

One of my big pet peeves is when journalists camp out on court dockets to and force a story out of the non-stop minutia that makes up a typical case.

The additional disappointment that comes with suing your law school.

Right about now I figure Jeb Bush -- the worst return on investment since Pets.com -- is crying into a highball of whiskey wondering about his life choices.  Mitt Romney, I presume, is holding a warm glass of milk and doing the same.